Liu Zhongguo was stunned on the spot this time. It took him a long time to react and said stumblingly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is not what I meant..."

"That's not what you mean, that is, you are pretending to make small talk about someone, but you are actually here to praise him? Are you saying that Zhang Zhicheng is suppressing his desire before he wants to promote it? When talking about the prefect of Lisu, is he suppressing his desire before he is promoting it?" Meng Jingzhe asked rhetorically

Tao, obviously his thinking is very divergent.

Liu Zhongguo was about to agree, but suddenly he was stunned for a moment. After a moment of reaction, he realized that Meng Jingzhe had directly misunderstood what he meant. He originally wanted the prefect of Lisu to carry the sedan for the prefect of Jinling, but now he was manipulated by Meng Jingzhe.

It seems that the prefect of Jinling, who holds a white deer as an auspicious sign, looks like a fool.

He wanted to correct him, but Meng Jingzhe looked expectant, which made Liu Zhongguo not know what to say for a moment. He thought of the benefits he had received and the daughter he was legitimately doting in the harem, and he made a bet with Liu Zhongguo.

Jin, gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty still doesn't know what the prefect Lisu said during this Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony."

Although Meng Jingzhe didn't know what Prefect Lisu said, he felt that there was something wrong with Liu Zhongguo in front of him. Now that everyone was talking, he asked, "What did Prefect Lisu say?"

"He said... I can't even tell him!" Liu Zhongguo looked embarrassed and waited for Meng Jingzhe to ask.

However, Meng Jingzhe didn't let him go down the stairs at all, but said: "What can't be said? You've been stumbling for a long time just to talk about it, isn't it? Why did you pretend to be shy when it came to the end?"

Liu Zhongguo:......

Liu Zhongguo didn't expect that Meng Jingzhe would not follow common sense and made his words clear. He heard several low laughter in his ears and knew that someone couldn't hold it back anymore.

Liu Zhongguo's face flushed red, but he had reached this point. He had no other choice but to bite the bullet and continue, saying: "Your Majesty was joking, I didn't mean it that way..."

Meng Jingzhe glanced at him and said: "A grown man, why are you so coquettish? Frankly speaking, if you want to say something bad about someone, just say it directly. Don't hesitate."

Liu Zhongguo:......

He just felt that Meng Jingzhe didn't save any face for him, but the other party was the emperor, and he was an emperor who could kill nine people if he disagreed with him. He couldn't refute anything, so he could only apologize with a shy face, and he had to prevent himself

My smile is not pretty enough.

There were no steps, so Liu Zhongguo had no choice but to go down the steps himself and said, "It's not that I want to say bad things about him, but that he said that the Mid-Autumn Festival is a burden to the entire Lisu! Such unfaithful and unfilial words are really treasonous!"

Meng Jingzhe raised her eyebrows when she heard this.

Liu Zhongguo saw that although Meng Jingzhe was surprised, he didn't look angry. He was immediately upset, but he didn't dare to ask.

After Meng Jingzhe was surprised, he asked: "Is this what he said?"

The voice was neither sad nor happy, but to Liu Zhongguo's ears, it was just a sign that he was about to get angry. He immediately cheered up and said, "Yes, this matter is absolutely true. I don't dare to hide anything."

Meng Jingzhe looked at Liu Zhongguo intently. Just when Liu Zhongguo felt that his scalp was about to go numb, Meng Jingzhe spoke again and asked: "When did Mr. Liu go to Lisu? Or did the prefect of Lisu return to the capital?"

"

Liu Zhongguo quickly replied: "This matter was reported by others, but it was indeed said by the prefect of Lisu himself. Moreover, Lisu's etiquette this time was extremely shabby and perfunctory. It is obvious that he does not take His Majesty in his eyes.

Please calm down, Your Majesty."

Meng Jingzhe chuckled lightly and said: "You started this anger, and you asked me to calm down again? I'll let you finish all the right and wrong words by yourself."

Liu Zhongguo suddenly felt embarrassed.

Meng Jingzhe refused to let him go, and continued: "Others reported it? Who reported it, please tell me clearly."

Liu Zhongguo couldn't explain clearly at all. Although it was indeed told to him by others, he had an old grudge with the prefect of Lisu in the past, so he worked hard to guide the other party to say these words. Under such circumstances, the meaning of the words

Whether it is true or false is naturally open to question.

"Call that person over, I want to ask him personally," Meng Jingzhe said.

Liu Zhongguo immediately said: "Your Majesty, why do you need to mobilize troops and mobilize people like this..."

"Master Liu, are you teaching me how to do things?" Meng Jingzhe asked.

Liu Zhongguo immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Wei Chen doesn't dare, Wei Chen doesn't dare."

"Don't you dare? You've done so much, why don't you dare?"

Meng Jingzhe said it easily, but Liu Zhongguo was so frightened that he begged for mercy again.

Meng Jingzhe continued to laugh and said, "Master Liu, where is the person who sent the message?"

"This..." Liu Zhongguo looked nervous.

Meng Jingzhe then said: "Master Liu, it turns out that you are so guilty and you really mean to speak ill of others."

"Your Majesty, that's not what I meant..." Liu Zhongguo wanted to explain, but he didn't know where to start.

Meng Jingzhe said again: "You said that's not what you meant? What do you mean? What are you here to do today? Can you explain it clearly?"

Liu Zhongguo was sitting on a tiger and couldn't get off. He didn't know what to do. Now he was blocked by Meng Jingzhe. It seemed that nothing he said was right.

"Your Majesty has misunderstood. Mr. Liu just wants to tell these things to heaven. As for defending the person who sent the message, it is just because Mr. Liu is a person who keeps his word. He definitely doesn't have too many other thoughts."

There are three gangs of good men, so even a sycophant like Liu Zhongguo has a helper in the group of high-ranking ministers.

Meng Jingzhe looked at this man and saw that his face was thin, and he didn't know what caused it. Compared with the left half of his face, the right half of his face seemed to be particularly old.

Meng Jingzhe looked at this asymmetrical face and couldn't help but cover her eyes.

"Your Majesty?" Seeing Meng Jingzhe's sudden action, the other ministers were suddenly worried, and some were even well-informed. Thinking of the news from the palace before, Meng Jingzhe had summoned the imperial doctor in the morning, and they suddenly doubted Meng Jingzhe's health.

Something went wrong.

Meng Jingzhe shook his head.

"Then why is Your Majesty like this?" Although the old master has not been trusted in the past two years, he was once Meng Jingzhe's teacher after all, so it was he who came forward to ask.

Meng Jingzhe finally took his hand away and looked at the old lady. He glanced at the minister who was speaking to Liu Zhongguo and immediately waved to him.

The minister pointed his finger at himself in surprise.

Meng Jingzhe nodded, and then pointed out the location to him.

Suddenly, the person was pointed from a position that was relatively close to the center to a very peripheral position.

Although the minister was not directly affected by Meng Jingzhe, ministers could interpret countless meanings from the emperor's small actions.

At this time, his position in the palace has changed. Does it also mean that his position in the emperor's heart has changed?

The minister did not dare to ask any more questions and could only keep thinking wildly in his mind.

Meng Jingzhe felt that although he was an emperor and killed all those present, the minister was just ugly and said some unpleasant things. He was not a tyrant, so he would not kill people for such a small reason.

Meng Jingzhe just moved the person to another position now, and did not kill people casually like in the past. He suddenly felt that he was so kind.

Meng Jingzhe couldn't see the extremely asymmetrical face at this time, and she felt much better. She finally felt that she no longer had to cover her eyes, and had the time to continue arguing with Liu Zhongguo.

"Master Liu still has a promise to this messenger?" Meng Jingzhe asked.

Liu Zhongguo took advantage of this slope to think about it, and immediately said: "Yes, Wei Chen promised not to involve him in this matter, so as not to offend Fang Xingzhi, the prefect of Lisu."

Meng Jingzhe said: "When I promised not to involve him, did I also promise to be promoted to a higher position?"

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely not the case!" Liu Zhongguo hurriedly defended.

Meng Jingzhe said, "Lisu is thousands of miles away from the capital. This person knows about Lisu and is afraid of offending Fang Xingzhi. He should probably be an official of Lisu."

Liu Zhongguo was shocked when he heard this.

Meng Jingzhe turned to look at the Minister of Civil Affairs again and asked: "Will any Lisu officials return to Beijing to report on their duties in the near future?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel had a dark, square face with Chinese characters. After Meng Jingzhe took one look at it, he took another look.

It's not surprising that he made such a fuss. It's been a long time since Meng Jingzhe had seen such a symmetrical face. It was like a face made from a mold.

Meng Jingzhe was a person who didn't want to look at him because his face was not symmetrical enough. When he saw such a face, he naturally admired it very much. Before he could reply, he waved his hand towards the person and called him out.

in front of.

Although Jiang Changming, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, held a high position, he was often disliked by the emperor because of his poor appearance. At this time, he was summoned by Meng Jingzhe, and he was still a little confused.

"You will stand here from now on." Meng Jingzhe pointed out a location to Jiang Changming.

Jiang Changming took a look and found that besides being very close to Meng Jingzhe, the most important thing was that this was the place where Liu Zhongguo stood before.

Meng Jingzhe, the emperor, had never cared about the position of his ministers before. Today, he summoned everyone here for the first time and started to care about these details, which made everyone present think more.

After all, although the position is a small matter, it can show the closeness and distance between the emperor and the emperor.

Now that Liu Zhongguo is still kneeling on the ground, his position has been replaced by another person, and the person who is close to Liu Zhongguo has also been deliberately thrown to a far away position by the emperor. The message conveyed by this incident cannot be ignored.

Pay attention to.

Liu Zhongguo felt really regretful at this time, and tried his best to wink at Jiang Changming, but the other party didn't have a good relationship with him in the first place, so he ignored him even though he was trying to kill him.

"It is true that two officials from Li Su have returned to Beijing to take up posts recently. Do you want to summon them?" Jiang Changming asked.

Meng Jingzhe nodded and said, "In that case, let's meet."

Liu Zhongguo's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition arose on the spot.

These two people were originally fifth-grade local officials, and the lowest one present was also a second-grade official. At the top there was a tyrant who loved to confiscate homes and exterminate clans. Naturally, the two of them were frightened.

However, Liu Zhongguo, their backer, was kneeling on the ground again. He looked like he had made a mistake, and they became even more nervous.

"Are you two coming from Lisu to the capital to speak ill of Shangguan?" Meng Jingzhe immediately determined the nature of the matter as soon as she opened her mouth.
Chapter completed!